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Grivet

Grivet Meaning & Definition
Grivet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grivet?

[n] white and olive green east African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face

Synonyms | Synonyms for Grivet: Cercopithecus aethiops

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See Also | guenon | guenon monkey

Grivet In Webster's Dictionary

\Griv"et\ (gr[i^]v"[e^]t), n. [Cf. F. grivet.] (Zo["o]l.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia ({Cercopithecus griseo-viridis}), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also {tota}.

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